News Summary

• Each franchise’s “franchise factor score” (calculated based on Fandom’s proprietary data) is listed, along with a note regarding whether it is an IP only represented by one form of media, like TV, film or video games, or if it crosses into “mixed verticals” territory..
• Per year-end data provided by Fandom (which touts itself as the world’s biggest wiki platform for entertainment and gaming fan), the below were the top franchises overall across the website in 2023..
• The lists also display some prime untapped gaming franchises for adapting into TV and film projects, based on how strong these games’ communities are without any Hollywood interference..
• I’m very curious to see what happens to fan excitement going into next year with that renewed focus on fewer, bigger, better..
• That’s especially true of Harry Potter, since the franchise doesn’t consistently put out TV and film content (The Wizarding World IP ranked 18th in the overall franchise list)..
• “In addition to continuing to mine gaming for new expansions onto TV and movies, I think we’ll see a lot of licensing,” Fried said..